Taxonomy
Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
Genus: Sarcophaga Meigen
1826
Subgenus: Parasarcophaga
Johnston & Tiegs 1921
Species: taenionota Wiedemann 1819 (Musca)
Biology
Sarcophaga
taenionota is commonly found on human and cow
faeces along with dead animals (Park, 1977; Ferrar, 1979;
Pérez-Moreno et al., 2006). It was also collected at
decayed carrion-baits by KAM.
Distribution
AUSTRALASIAN/OCEANIAN – (Australia – Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), ORIENTAL, PALAEARCTIC.
Relevant Literature
Ferrar, P. (1979) The immature stages of dung-breeding Muscoid flies in Australia, with notes on the species, and keys to larvae and puparia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplement Series 73, 1-106.
Park, S.-H. (1977) Studies on Flies in Korea II - Taxonomic Studies on Sarcophagid Flies (Diptera). The Bulletin of Tokyo Medical and Dental University 24, 249-284.
Pérez-Moreno,
S., Marcos-García, M.A., and Rojo, S. (2006)
Comparative morphology of early stages of two
Mediterranean Sarcophaga Meigen, 1826 (Diptera;
Sarcophagidae) and a review of the feeding habits of
Palaearctic species. Micron 37(2),
169-179.